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Liza Snook, curator and shoe collector, is the founder of the Virtual Shoe Museum,

the online platform for shoe designers and shoe lovers. From this online collection of

shoes in art and design, she curates shoe exhibitions with museums and galleries for

events all over the world.

Next to creating exhibitions Liza Snook scouts shoe talent, judges at design schools,

gives lectures and works as an image researcher for international publishers. Since 2009

she selects experimental shoes for the Gallery & Desk calendars by Workman Publishers

New York. In 2018 and 2019 she collaborates with the Spielzeug Welten Museum in Basel,

in hats and handbag exhibitions, after the 3.000 years of shoes exhibition in 2013.

Liza will show examples of outstanding artists and designers, talk about her passion for

shoes and her exhibition work.

Based in The Hague, The Netherlands.

www.virtualshoemuseum.com

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A selection of shoe exhibitions Starker Auftritt! - Stepping into the Limelight! - GRASSI Museum in Leipzig, Germany

Experimental Shoe Design

28.03.2012 - 29.09.2013

Auf Schritt und Tritt - At Every Turn - Museum Villa Rot in Burgrieden-Ulm, Germany

Whether wearabale or unwearable: As an art object, as social criticism, as an ecological solution or as

fetish, made out of high-tech and natural materials, wood, ceramics, glass, paper, leather or fabric, the

shoe acquires an autonomous artistic statement beyond everyday use.

27.10.2013 - 02.16.2014

Na Yopánky, In collaboration with Czech Bata Shoe Museum AuPark at three cities in Slovakia.

19.02.2014 - 19.10.2014

SHOEting Stars. Shoes in Art and Design - KUNST HAUS WIEN, Vienna, Austria

Shoes, distinguished by their unusual forms, exclusive materials and emotional added value, often to the

detriment of their actual wearability. Themes accompanied by photographs of Guy Bourdin.

8.06.2014 - 5.10.2014

History under you feet – 3000 years of shoes - Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel, Switserland

In collaboration with the Northampton Museums and Art Gallery in England, home to the world’s largest

collection of historical shoes, this exhibition of over 220 pairs of shoes takes you on a journey through

the footwear fashions of the last 3000 years.

18.10.2014 – 6.04.2015

Shoe Show for CELS Events

30.10.2014 -13-11.2014 360 Mall Kuwait City, Kuwait

09.01 - 20.01.2015 Khalidiyah Mall, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Step by Step

Museum of Municipal Ingeneering in Cracow, Poland

21.03.2015 - 28.03.2015

5 Sinne & Mehr/Shoes in Senses - Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, Austria

Shoe selected by the themes five senses + sixth sense:

26.06.2015 - 11.10.2015

Damn Pretty Dutch Shoes - Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

15 top designers from NL present a diverse and inspiring collection of experimental shoes.

17.10.2015 - 25.10.2015

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Cipö Mágia/Shoe Magic, experimental shoes in Art and Design - Mu ̈csarnok/Kunsthalle, Budapest

‘I tell you, in this world being a little crazy helps to keep you sane’, Zsa Zsa Gabor.

For this exhibition, we bring a little shoe magic to Budapest. In co-operation with artist Joyce de Gruiter

we selected artists and designers from various countries with all their own view on shoes.

15.09.2017 - 22.10.2017

HIGH HEELS, Die hohe Kunst der Schuhe - Schloss Lichtenwalde near Chemniz in Germany

In cooperation with Brigitte Woischnik, founder of the FotoFactory,

The shoes are accompanied by pictures by renowned fashion photographers Volker Hinz, Christin Losta

and Olaf Martens, with each their own signature.

25.05.2017 - 25.02.2018

Shoetopia! - Valade Family Gallery, Detroit, USA.

The first exhibition of its kind in North America to gather contemporary footwear, art, video and related

designs into one space, In cooperation with founder Aki Choklat, Chair of Fashion Accessories Design at

CCS (College for Creative Studies). The exhibition looks at shoe design through the lens of seven themes:

Metropolis, Ritual, Utopia, Feast, Nocturnal, Techno and Eco.

2.11.2017 - 16.12.2017

Jan Jansen Shoe Treasures – Amsterdam & Arnhem, The Netherlands

In cooperation with art historian and shoe designer Amber Ambrose Aurèle

Designers and artists from all over the world honour the iconic shoe designer Jan Jansen with unique

works of art that have been designed and made specially for the Jan Jansen Shoe Treasures project.

16.11.2017 - 20.11.2017 The View, Rokin 75, Amsterdam

01.06.2018 – 21.07.2018 Fashion + Design Festival Arnhem/De Rozet

A selection of hast and bags exhibitions

Hats off to hats! - From everyday object of around 1750 to today’s designer creations

Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel, Switserland

20 October 2018 – 7 April 2019

Bags – Icons and investments / History of a timeless accessory

Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel, Switserland

19 October 2019 – 5 April 2020